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Vermicompost and Pythium Suppression

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Uploaded by on Dec 2, 2010

Ever wondered how vermicomposts can prevent crop diseases? This video explains how microbes present in vermicompost protect cucumber seeds from infection by the plant pathogen Pythium aphanidermatum. Animations and microscopy footage show seed colonizing bacteria from vermicompost interrupting the chemical signaling between the germinating seed and the pathogen's motile zoospores.

Check out the full length video at Cornell's vermicompost research outreach page:
http://www.css.cornell.edu/cwmi/vermicompost.htm

Winner of the 2010 American Phytopathological Society Office of Public Relations and Outreach video contest.

http://www.youtube.com/user/plantdisease#p/u/34/60hmY4GLicU

Winner, second place in the Chlorofilms Plant Videos on YouTube video contest

http://www.chlorofilms.org/?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=18#4

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  • Well done presentation. Did you only test cucmber seeds or is that the only seed it protects? Keep up the good work.

  • nice presentation

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